Mario Chalmers | Guard | #6

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Mario Chalmers is reportedly still rehabbing his ruptured Achilles.

Chalmers reportedly is still not "physically ready" to play professional basketball, so this will quell any rumors linking him to Memphis in wake of the Mike Conley (back) injury. The Grizzlies will reportedly file for a hardship exception this weekend in order to add a 16th man to the roster, which is a pretty good indication that the franchise is not comfortable letting Andrew Harrison or Wade Baldwin operate as the team's starting point guard for a lengthy period of time. Nov 29 - 5:31 PM

Mario Chalmers (Achilles) is on target to be cleared for full basketball activity this week.

"Right now, I can pretty much do everything," Chalmers said. "I've been on the court the last two, three months just working on getting back. I'm back to sprinting, running and jumping." He's looking to sign a "prove-yourself deal" for one season with a contender, and several teams are said to be interested in the 30-year-old guard. Unless he lands in an ideal situation, Chalmers won't be a fantasy pickup in standard leagues. Nov 14 - 9:10 AM

The Cavs have "strong interest" in Mario Chalmers (Achilles), according to ESPN's Marc Stein.

The Cavs have some depth concerns at guard and are currently projected to get second-round rookie Kay Felder in the rotation. Chalmers is not going to be ready for the start of the season and his Achilles rehab will likely keep him limited for most of the 2016-17 season. Oct 14 - 3:59 PM

Mario Chalmers (Achilles) said he is about a month away from being ready to return.

His rehab is going well and several teams are staying in touch with him because there aren't many quality point guards left on the market. We fully expect Chalmers to find a job, but there's no reason to monitor this situation outside of very deep leagues for now. Oct 9 - 9:21 AM

Depth Charts

General manager Chris Wallace said Mike Conley (back) could return "in the near future."

Yes, this is about as vague as it gets, but it's worth a mention. Coach David Fizdale said Conley's return from his traverse process fracture could come down to pain tolerance, and Conley has been moving around a lot on the bench with all the exciting finishes lately. It may also help that the Grizzlies are on a five-game winning streak and are just 0.5 games out of the No. 3 seed. While Conley is still likely going to miss multiple weeks, he should be owned in almost all leagues and Andrew Harrison's value will fall off a cliff.

Vince Carter (hip) is questionable to play against the Warriors on Saturday.

He's getting closer and the sense around the team is Carter has a legitimate chance to make his return after missing six games. Carter's hip injury could keep him limited in his first game back, so he's unlikely to match his season average of 26.5 minutes per game upon his return. Troy Williams would take the biggest hit.

Chandler Parsons (left knee bone bruise) will be listed as out for all games this coming week and will be re-evaluated in 7-10 days.

The headaches for Parsons owners continue. Even this news is frustrating in the sense that it means he'll miss at least 10 more days, yet it's not dire enough to cut him outright. The Grizz announced that Parsons is "progressing as expected." If you have held onto Parsons this long due to his potential upside, it probably makes sense to stay patient in the hopes he comes out of this latest setback closer to 100%.

James Ennis (calf) has progressed to going through non-contact, on-court work, and he will be re-evaluated in 7-10 days.

That means Ennis will miss all of Memphis' games this upcoming week, which means Troy Williams and Troy Daniels will get all the run they can handle with Tony Allen flirting with close to 30 minutes. Ennis is not worth stashing in most leagues.

Brandan Wright underwent arthroscopic ankle surgery on Tuesday and is out indefinitely.

Wright tried to alleviate the pain in his left ankle through a non-surgical procedure on November 8, but apparently that didn't do the trick. The oft-injured big man has suited up for a mere 20 games over the past two seasons, and he's reportedly going to miss at least the next two months of action. Leave him on the wire.